Basketball royalty once again descended upon Chicago. Unlike college football, which rarely had early season matchups between elite programs, college basketball delights in titanic clashes in November and December. The 2017 State Farm Champions Classic had a very tasty doubleheader on tap with preseason number one Duke taking on second ranked Michigan State. That was […]
UNC – Kentucky and Las Vegas, Quite A Combo
Normally, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, or so says the clever marketing campaign. Unless that happens to be one of the best non-conference college basketball games that didn’t take place in a March tournament setting. I had waffled on attending this game, but finally decided to cover it and secured a credential, flight, […]
Cubs 2015, Final Four preview
on the Weekend Sports Report with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal …. Mark Grote, Cubs pre- and post-game host on WBBM 780-AM joins us for a Cubs 2015 preview. He also looks at other contenders in the NL Central. Jeff Rich from Sports Byline Sunday checks in with a NCAA Final Four preview. It should […]
Sweet Sixteen Recap, Spring Training – 3/26/15
On The Weekend Sports Report with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal …. Jeff Rich join us for a discussion of Thursday night’s Sweet Sixteen action in the NCAA tournament, including a look at the North Carolina – Wisconsin and his thoughts on where does the Kentucky team rank among great college basketball teams of the […]
2015 March Madness Preview – 3/19/15
The Weekend Sports Report with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal ….SRN assistant sports director and basketball guru Phil Meyers joins us for a look at the brackets and discusses who, if anyone can step up and challenge undefeated Kentucky for the NCAA title as 2015 March Madness gets underway. John Poulter also chimes in on […]
Tiger Woods Quits – The Weekend Sports Report – 2/5/15
with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal…. Tiger Woods Quits and Withdraws from the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego. Rory Spears from Golfers On Golf.com joins us to talk about the impact on Tiger’s season, career, golf. Also Paul Banks from The SportsBank.net chimes in on Big Ten college basketball. Lastly, on what is hopefully […]
Dorf on Sports – 4/4/12
with Andy Dorf and Fred Wallin Fred and Andy talk about the opening of Major League Baseball being too long, and recap the Kentucky win over Kansas for the NCAA Title. The Lakers troubles continue, along with the poor attitude of their big man Andrew Bynum. Also, comedian Monique Marvez, who is performing at the Tempe […]
